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Home » Food » No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars

No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars

Food, Sweet Treats & Snacks

Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars, anyone?

A lot of cereal bars get eaten in our house. I would rather my little ones ate nice snacks and not some additive bar with a bit of cereal in it, which is why I used to buy organic children’s bars (looking at their price, you would think they have gold leaf in them!). Not only were they expensive, but I also found them rather disgusting when I tried them. My children like them, but I would never choose to eat them, so I thought I would try to make our own cereal bars, using white chocolate and cranberries.

These No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars are moreish, delicious & take little time to put together. Perfect in lunchboxes or as a sweet treat.

I have been making these cranberry & white chocolate cereal bars with the children, changing something here, something here for the past nine months or so and we all love them.

These No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars are moreish, delicious & take little time to put together. Perfect in lunchboxes or as a sweet treat.

I finally got our white chocolate and cranberry cereal bar recipe absolutely perfect recently.

These No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars are moreish, delicious & take little time to put together. Perfect in lunchboxes or as a sweet treat.

Crevette has them in his lunchbox, Beanie eats them as a mid-afternoon afternoon treat, I have them with a cup of  tea, hubby takes them to work as a snack and we sometimes have them for dessert (why not, hey!).

 No Bake Cranberry and White Chocolate Cereal Bars are delicious

They are tasty and take minutes to put together.

These No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars are moreish, delicious & take little time to put together. Perfect in lunchboxes or as a sweet treat.

You can keep them at room temperature in a sealed container for a few days or freeze them for when you have nothing to put in a lunchbox (yours or the kids’).

No Bake Cranberry and White Chocolate Cereal Bars are Ideal for Lunchboxes

You can swap the white chocolate and cranberries for whatever you fancy. I tried a triple chocolate and marshmallow combination that was rather moreish!

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No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars

Healthy, Gluten and Nut Free Cereal Bars
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup (55g) butter
  • 1/4 cup (85g) honey
  • 1/3 cup (70g) light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons (8g) vanilla sugar
  • 2 cups (200g) oats
  • 1 cup (30g) toasted rice cereal
  • 1/3 cup (50g) dried cranberries
  • 1/3 cup (50g) white chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. In a small saucepan, melt the butter, honey, brown sugar and vanilla sugar over a medium heat. When it starts bubbling, reduce the heat and cook for three more minutes.
  2. In the meantime, mix the oats and rice cereal in a large bowl.
  3. Pour the contents of the saucepan over the dry ingredients, and mix well to ensure the oats and cereal are coated in the sticky mixture. Add the cranberries and stir. Leave to cool slightly for 5 minutes and add the white chocolate chips.
  4. Pour into a 22 x 17cm (8.5x6.5 inches) rectangular dish and press down so it all sticks together (thickness of about 2cm, or ¾ in).
  5. Cover and leave to cool at room temperature for two hours before cutting into bars. Store them at room temperature in an airtight container.

Recipe Notes

If your cereal bars are coming apart as you are cutting them, try pressing them down a bit more, and leaving them in the fridge for 20 minutes (do not leave them in there any longer or they will be rock hard!).

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These No Bake Cranberry & White Chocolate Cereal Bars are moreish, delicious & take little time to put together. Perfect in lunchboxes or as a sweet treat.

19/01/2014 · 41 Comments

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  1. Andrea says

    19/01/2014 at 6:45 pm

    These look great Mel. The Darling husband attempted to make granola for work recently; these look far easier and scrum my too!
    Just thought I’d let you know that the picture showing on recipe of the week is for my Fishcakes, I don’t think they look as tasty as your bars so you may want to change them!;)

    Reply
    • Mel says

      20/01/2014 at 10:45 pm

      Hi Andrea,
      Thanks a lot. They are scrumptious! I am not sure what you mean about the picture showing on recipe of the week. I have just had a look, and it is mine. Mel

      Reply
  2. Mummy of Two says

    19/01/2014 at 9:05 pm

    These sound great. My children love cereal bars but you are never really sure what is in them are you. Will have to give these a try.

    Reply
    • Mel says

      20/01/2014 at 11:07 pm

      The only problem with those is they are so delicious you tend to eat half of the batch yourself. I actually probably had closer to three-quarters this time, but I had to check the recipe was worth sharing, didn’t I? Mel

      Reply
  3. Jenny @ The Brick Castle says

    19/01/2014 at 10:01 pm

    These are a great snack to take out and your recipe looks lovely – I love the vanilla sugar addition!

    Reply
    • Mel says

      20/01/2014 at 10:36 pm

      Thanks Jenny. The last batch (from Saturday afternoon) was almost devoured before anyone had the chance to have them in their lunchbox! I still managed to salvage one piece for my little man’s lunch, and a tiny one for me! Mel

      Reply
  4. sarahhillwheeler says

    20/01/2014 at 7:53 pm

    I’ve been looking for an easy to make cereal bar recipe and will give yours a go….substituting something for the white chocolate (broken toblerone if I’m feeling indulgent)! Looks very moreish and love the idea you can freeze them. Dropping in from #recipeoftheweek.

    Reply
    • Mel says

      20/01/2014 at 10:32 pm

      Thanks a lot Sarah. I am sure you will love them. The Toblerone addition sounds very appealing! Let me know what you thought after making them. Mel

      Reply
  5. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    21/01/2014 at 12:35 pm

    Anything no-bake is right up my alley, and these look absolutely delicious!

    Reply
    • Mel says

      21/01/2014 at 4:17 pm

      Thanks for commenting, they are truly scrumptious! Mel

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    21/01/2014 at 5:48 pm

    These cereal bars look totally delicious, this is definitely a recipe I would like to make.

    Reply
    • Mel says

      22/01/2014 at 4:22 pm

      Thanks a lot, Julie, let me know what you thought after trying them! Mel

      Reply
  7. TwinsplusTwo says

    21/01/2014 at 5:59 pm

    These look great – love the photos too – makes all the difference having fab photos! Could easily be gluten free and, using hard Stork marge, dairy free too. 🙂 Thank for joining my Free From link up!
    http://thereciperesource.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/free-from-favourites-share-your-recipes.html

    Reply
    • Mel says

      22/01/2014 at 4:22 pm

      Hi there,
      Thanks a lot. I do try to take nice photos. I find that blogging is actually a great incentive to take pretty pictures I actually enjoy looking at. I was actually thinking of a new version for Jumpy with no dairy. My plan was to try with Pure Soya and dark chocolate instead of white, but I will look into Stork margarine now you have mentioned it, cheers! I might post the “even more free from” recipe in the next few weeks. Mel

      Reply
  8. Honest Mum says

    21/01/2014 at 5:11 pm

    Hey hun, these looks amazing, do link up to #tastytuesdays too if you fancy http://honestmum.com/tasty-tuesdays-greek-chicken-casserole/

    Reply
    • Mel says

      22/01/2014 at 4:23 pm

      Hi Vicky,
      Thanks a lot, you are always so kind! I thought it would be a bit cheeky to link up to three Linkys… X Mel

      Reply
      • Honest Mum says

        22/01/2014 at 4:32 pm

        Not at all, up to you how many you want to link to and you can add as many entries as you like!

        Reply
        • Mel says

          22/01/2014 at 4:33 pm

          OK, I do not feel so bad now, will link up. Mel

          Reply
          • Honest Mum says

            22/01/2014 at 4:37 pm

            Mwah x

          • Mel says

            22/01/2014 at 4:39 pm

            🙂

  9. Caroline (BecomingaSAHM) says

    21/01/2014 at 6:32 pm

    Wow these look delicious and so easy! I think they’ll be a great thing to make with my toddler, thanks for sharing! #recipeoftheweek

    Reply
    • Mel says

      22/01/2014 at 4:20 pm

      Hi Caroline,
      Your little one is going to love measuring the ingredients and doing the mixing with you! Enjoy! Mel

      Reply
  10. claireyw says

    22/01/2014 at 5:14 pm

    Wow, Mel, these are such a great healthy treat – I made a similar thing today, which I have added to my blog,and it’s certainly gone downwell with my son as an after school snack 🙂 Hope you don’t mind me sharing it here http://www.somethingaboutclairey.co.uk/chocolatey-granotiffjack/
    Claire

    Reply
    • Mel says

      22/01/2014 at 8:43 pm

      Thanks Claire, I have had a look at your granola bars – they look scrumptious! No problem about adding your link! Mel

      Reply
  11. Honest Mum says

    23/01/2014 at 3:17 pm

    Love this recipe-the pretty food styling and your professional shots-stunning! Would love to have you join #tastytuesdays whenever you can. Thanks for joining!

    Reply
    • Mel says

      23/01/2014 at 7:46 pm

      Hi Vicky,
      Thanks. Oh my goodness, you actually wrote “food styling” and “professional shots”, not “professional looking”, which makes me really proud of my photos. I do try hard to take beautiful photos, but until you get feedback, you are never sure they are good enough. Thanks from the bottom of my heart. You really made my evening! Mel

      Reply
  12. Honest Mum says

    23/01/2014 at 3:18 pm

    Are you on twitter? Couldn’t find you-I’m @honestmummy

    Reply
    • Mel says

      23/01/2014 at 7:50 pm

      Well… I have actually only just got an Instagram account and Facebook page (both less than a week old), which are already two huge steps towards “blogging for real” in my world (I am such a neophyte!). I have not looked into Twitter yet, but it is on my list. If I was going with all those social media tools, I would not have time for my day job! I have no idea how everyone in the blogging world does it! Mel

      Reply
  13. Honest Mum says

    24/01/2014 at 9:27 am

    Hehe! Twitter is addictive but great way to connect with others and promote your blog! Hope you can join in with #tastytuesdays next week!

    Reply
    • Mel says

      25/01/2014 at 12:12 am

      I will have to get on it at some point… X Mel

      Reply
  14. Emily @amummytoo says

    25/01/2014 at 10:17 pm

    Loooove the fact that they’re no bake. They look delish – great photos. Thanks so much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve Tweeted and Pinned this post and there’s a fresh linky live now. I would love you to join in x

    Reply
    • Mel says

      25/01/2014 at 10:26 pm

      Thanks! Mel

      Reply
  15. Elaine Livingstone says

    30/03/2014 at 8:16 pm

    Like the idea of dairy free with mini marshmallows instead of choc chips. What would you suggest I could use in place of the honey?

    Reply
    • Mel says

      30/03/2014 at 8:21 pm

      You could try smooth peanut butter instead of the honey for a chewy, moreish batch of cereal bars. It will melt nicely and will bind all the ingredients together nicely. Mel

      Reply
      • Elaine Livingstone says

        30/03/2014 at 8:32 pm

        thank you for that. we are nut free but lovers of the new wow butter, truly amazing stuff.

        Reply
        • Mel says

          30/03/2014 at 9:00 pm

          I have never heard of ‘wow butter’, what is it? I am intrigued! Mel

          Reply
  16. Winnie says

    12/04/2015 at 11:27 am

    This is definitely something I need to make 🙂
    These bars look soooooo tasty

    Reply
    • Mel says

      13/04/2015 at 12:12 am

      They are, Winnie! I have all the ingredients ready in my kitchen for tomorrow morning. I haven’t made them in a couple of months and I started craving them last week!

      Reply

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